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in the book he will tell his own experience working on the u.s. financial crisis as well as the tenure as the president of the federal reserve bank of new york mcwherter that was checked out in 1958 made its way back to the stay up-to-date on authors news and publishing by liking us on facebook or you can follow on plater at book tv putative you can also visit the web site, booktv.org and click on news about books.
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and the fact that the u.s. army and marine corps and other modern militaries including the french have to deal with the threat today is absolutely unsurprising. but i don't mean to suggest that absolutely nothing has changed over the course of the last 5,000 years. there have, in fact, been some significant changes. the biggest one has to do with the power of public opinion and propaganda. and this was something that was demonstrated in our very own war of independence. now, when we think of the american war of independence, we tend to think of battles like lexington and concord where the yankees slithered on their bellies and shot at the redcoats from behind trees and rocks in the ways that the redcoats to be ungentlemanly and not quite cricket. now these were, no doubt, effective tactics. but in the end what's striking to me about the studying the american revolution is the extent to which it was decided not so much by what happened on the battlefield, but what actually happened in the house of parliament in
and the fact that the u.s. army and marine corps and other modern militaries including the french have to deal with the threat today is absolutely unsurprising. but i don't mean to suggest that absolutely nothing has changed over the course of the last 5,000 years. there have, in fact, been some significant changes. the biggest one has to do with the power of public opinion and propaganda. and this was something that was demonstrated in our very own war of independence. now, when we think of...
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and along the way the u.s. army and marine corps, i think, in the past decade have become perhaps the finest insurgency source. what these ncos and officers are able to do in the field is mind-boggling to get the effects that they want. they're incredibly good at doing this kind of stuff which is a lot harder than just laying down a lot of general precepts. you actually have to apply those precepts to a specific cultural context. and they understand that cultural concept in a way they did not at the beginning of the war. my concern is what's going to happen now that we're out of iraq, we're about to get out of afghanistan. i hear a lot of people in the army saying, whoo, thank goodness that's over with, we never want to do that again, let's get back to -- well, there's no red army anymore, but we'll fight somebody like the red army if they would be obliging enough to come out and let us whack them. [laughter] well, you know, i wish there were more leaders out there as stupid as saddam hussein, but i am concerne
and along the way the u.s. army and marine corps, i think, in the past decade have become perhaps the finest insurgency source. what these ncos and officers are able to do in the field is mind-boggling to get the effects that they want. they're incredibly good at doing this kind of stuff which is a lot harder than just laying down a lot of general precepts. you actually have to apply those precepts to a specific cultural context. and they understand that cultural concept in a way they did not...
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so the u.s. marshals use dogs to protect federal judges, federal dogs to keep out of federal buildings and they keep them off of airplanes. the use dogs to find survivors after hurricanes. there are 39 in the field right now in new york and new jersey looking for survivors on hurricane sandy. situation after situation, the government has put its money where its mouth is and the leaves on the institutional level they are quite reliable. >> does disability -- is that across-the-board in other words if you have a dog that is good at sniffing of heroin the same dog is going to be good at detecting a bomb or is there a difference? .. as is shown in the record here, it is on an ongoing basis. thank you. >> thank you, counsel. mr. gifford? >> mr. chief justice. there is no totality of circumstances to conduct a warrantless search. if that is true, there must be facts that bear upon the reliability that comes within the purview of the court. there is confidence of initial training, certification, mainten
so the u.s. marshals use dogs to protect federal judges, federal dogs to keep out of federal buildings and they keep them off of airplanes. the use dogs to find survivors after hurricanes. there are 39 in the field right now in new york and new jersey looking for survivors on hurricane sandy. situation after situation, the government has put its money where its mouth is and the leaves on the institutional level they are quite reliable. >> does disability -- is that across-the-board in...
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but they were amped up on a vision of something that preconceptions about the u.s. if you let torture become a policy. that's what happens. you mobilize it and increase the foe and moblize it. any information you get, in any view is less valuable than the cost of getting it. >> i can ask you a thousand more questions. aisle share the wealth. we are -- this is on television. so we have a speakers. so wait for them to give them to you before ask a question. okay. i'll start with my friend rubin. get in the pushup position. [laughter] >> you have said and written that feel drones alone is an insufficient policy. i wonder if you would talk about why you feel that, and also, given the we are i areness in the -- weariness in the united of the afghan conflict, and the ineptness and corruption of the afghan government, what do you think is the most effective thing we could do and should do after 2014? >> sure. first, i think that unmanned aerial vehicles or drones, as we know them, are important. they are good for american defense and let us do things we couldn't otherwise
but they were amped up on a vision of something that preconceptions about the u.s. if you let torture become a policy. that's what happens. you mobilize it and increase the foe and moblize it. any information you get, in any view is less valuable than the cost of getting it. >> i can ask you a thousand more questions. aisle share the wealth. we are -- this is on television. so we have a speakers. so wait for them to give them to you before ask a question. okay. i'll start with my friend...
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noel undressed in the corner of the tent and changed into slacks that said u.s. navy on the chest and right legs. she sat on her cot, sighed deeply and lowered her face to her hands. a few minutes later she came over. how are you, no, i ask quietly. we lost one on the table, she replied. very obvious fatigue in her voice. was she the first? yes. everyone is wasted but it probably wasn't about losing him as much as it was about the whole last couple of days. there are a couple patients i can't get out of my head, you know. i waited. a group of three came in, she said, with their corman. the captain was dead. he had been shot under one arm and out of the other. that corpsman could have used you. he had been applying pressure under the his captain's arms for a long time. didn't realize that guy bled out along time before we got him. he just sat there, the corpsman, staring into space. you wouldn't answer our questions or talk to anybody. that might be a good person for me to see, i said. is he still here? no, they took him back with them this morning. probably best,
noel undressed in the corner of the tent and changed into slacks that said u.s. navy on the chest and right legs. she sat on her cot, sighed deeply and lowered her face to her hands. a few minutes later she came over. how are you, no, i ask quietly. we lost one on the table, she replied. very obvious fatigue in her voice. was she the first? yes. everyone is wasted but it probably wasn't about losing him as much as it was about the whole last couple of days. there are a couple patients i can't...
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there were, for example, no u.s. troops in saudi arabia in 1990, nor any formal pledge to defend that kingdom over kuwait. in fact, on the eve of the iraqi invasion, as tensions grew, american policymakers put to each other gulf states the idea that perhaps this would be a good time for joint military exercise. let's show saddam that we are in this together. of all the gulf states, only one, only one, the united arab emirate even agree to this limited demonstration of solidarity. they feared more from cavorting with what the reins routinely called the great satan. in fact, as saddam hussein directly told interstates ambassador before the invasion quote he felt secure, secure in the belief that no arab government would ever allow the united states to use their land for the purpose. defending kuwait. why was he so care in disbelief? for two reasons. first because of his youth muslim states would reject american troops on the slow, and second, because in practical terms none to date had ever done so since 1979. of cours
there were, for example, no u.s. troops in saudi arabia in 1990, nor any formal pledge to defend that kingdom over kuwait. in fact, on the eve of the iraqi invasion, as tensions grew, american policymakers put to each other gulf states the idea that perhaps this would be a good time for joint military exercise. let's show saddam that we are in this together. of all the gulf states, only one, only one, the united arab emirate even agree to this limited demonstration of solidarity. they feared...
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the u.s. africa. >> eventually did those go to aaa? >> they did. >> why were they taken off the plane and told to change from their uniforms to other close? >> it was relayed through the embassy. >> how much did upslope the response? >> probably 30 minutes. >> i read other places an hour-and-a-half to two hours. >> that's my estimate i know it was an occurrence. >> why did they go to tripoli rather than benghazi? >> i think it was an 12 hours one we had moved all of the people out? >> and did they go to germany? >> the question i've had since the very start of this is why didn't somebody asked at that time what happened before this all started which would have solved the question about whether there was a demonstration going on or not and i asked that question before solnit the fbi was about to talk to them which made no sense to me what solve and still makes no sense to me. we are talking to people who work in algeria a few days ago. we were talking to them in the next day. i don't know anybo
the u.s. africa. >> eventually did those go to aaa? >> they did. >> why were they taken off the plane and told to change from their uniforms to other close? >> it was relayed through the embassy. >> how much did upslope the response? >> probably 30 minutes. >> i read other places an hour-and-a-half to two hours. >> that's my estimate i know it was an occurrence. >> why did they go to tripoli rather than benghazi? >> i think it was an...
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former commander of u.s. forces recounts the major turning point in his thirty-four year military career which ended in 2010. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much, thanks for coming out. wonderful opportunity, the gentleman sitting next to me is kind of a big deal. for anyone who is -- pays attention to american foreign policy and military affairs you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9/11 the united states has had to evolve militarily and in the intelligence community to meet the challenge of this new enemy and more than anyone i can think of, general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping the evolution and developing what i call the targeting engine which is what we adopted as the primary method of defending the country. thank you for being here, great to see you. >> thanks for two kind introduction. i thought of you as a nonfiction writer but you have gone into fiction now. >> you were the commander of special operations in iraq and afghanistan and there have been
former commander of u.s. forces recounts the major turning point in his thirty-four year military career which ended in 2010. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much, thanks for coming out. wonderful opportunity, the gentleman sitting next to me is kind of a big deal. for anyone who is -- pays attention to american foreign policy and military affairs you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9/11 the united states has had to evolve militarily and in the...
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fallen soldiers, dead u.s. soldiers, even arriving in their caskets at dover, should those images be shown? >> guest: i would say those images absolutely should be shown. i think what has happened is the reason why a picture of somebody facing death has become so prevalent -- and i argue it appears across the landscape of unsettled difficult events. the reason this picture has arisen is because we have pictures -- we have grown used to pictures of death. our news events involve death. if they involve death of military, death of terror victims can death of people who are dying in tsunamis and earthquakes, why shouldn't we see system we see pictures of nate our fiction, in film, on the internet, yet we're not comfortable about seeing them in the news, and i think that is worth thinking about. >> host: professor, a professor of communication here at the an annenberg school at the university of pennsylvania, published by oxford. "about to die" is the name of the book. this is booktv on c-span2.
fallen soldiers, dead u.s. soldiers, even arriving in their caskets at dover, should those images be shown? >> guest: i would say those images absolutely should be shown. i think what has happened is the reason why a picture of somebody facing death has become so prevalent -- and i argue it appears across the landscape of unsettled difficult events. the reason this picture has arisen is because we have pictures -- we have grown used to pictures of death. our news events involve death. if...
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so, we look at the u.s.-mexico border as exhibit a today of out of control borders and the need to regain control of emigration, secure the border first before we can do it all. immigration reform. a stalling tactic, but it also shows a gross disregard and ignorance of history. after all, by any historical standard america's borders are far more secure, far more controlled, park far more surveiled, monitored, police, and so on today than ever afford american history by a long shot, especially the u.s.-mexico border. and as much as we focus on the u.s.-mexico border, you can look back not too far in history to show that the u.s.-canada border actually plays just an important, if not more important role in illicit trade of the decade him over the centuries. as i mentioned, is starting with the war of 1812. just for to prohibition. the true ones are crossing was just as much of a smuggling superhighway as to help us so yesterday. how quickly we forget. all the finger-pointing, but actually back then there was a
so, we look at the u.s.-mexico border as exhibit a today of out of control borders and the need to regain control of emigration, secure the border first before we can do it all. immigration reform. a stalling tactic, but it also shows a gross disregard and ignorance of history. after all, by any historical standard america's borders are far more secure, far more controlled, park far more surveiled, monitored, police, and so on today than ever afford american history by a long shot, especially...
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there were no u.s. troops in saudi arabia in 1990, nor any formal pledge to defend that kingdom or kuwait. in fact on the eve of the iraqi invasion, as tensions in the region grew, american policymakers put to each of the gulf states the idea that perhaps this would be a good time for a joint military exercise, let's show saddam we're in this together of all the gulf states, only one, the united arab emirates, agreed to this limited demonstration of solidarity. they feared more than saddam, public backlash from cavorting with what was routinely called the great satan and as saddam hussein directly told the united states ambassador before the invasion, quote, he felt secure, secure in the belief that no arab government would ever allow the united states to use their lands for that purpose. defending kuwait. now, why was he so secure in this belief? well, two reasons. first, because of his view, muslim states would reject the american troops on their soil and because none to date had ever done sin since 1
there were no u.s. troops in saudi arabia in 1990, nor any formal pledge to defend that kingdom or kuwait. in fact on the eve of the iraqi invasion, as tensions in the region grew, american policymakers put to each of the gulf states the idea that perhaps this would be a good time for a joint military exercise, let's show saddam we're in this together of all the gulf states, only one, the united arab emirates, agreed to this limited demonstration of solidarity. they feared more than saddam,...
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he turned around the u.s. so when it was in financial difficulty. we all know much about his record as senator when he helped to shepherd the september 11th gi bill through the senate. his serve and the defense policy board of the pentagon as co-chairman of the president's intelligence advisory board, not to mention all the things that have been said about his service in vietnam and his heroism as an enlisted man. so i think -- i understand that people disagree with his position on certain issues and therefore everybody has the right to vote in the way it they say, but the concern that i have is the suggestion that this man who has served his country really since he was a young man and it listed in vietnam is not qualified to be the secretary of defense, i think is just not accurate and reflects certainly a different understanding of his background and his experience that i have. so i intend to vote for him. think he will be an excellent secretary of defense, and the help of we will confirm of. >> thank you, senator. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it t
he turned around the u.s. so when it was in financial difficulty. we all know much about his record as senator when he helped to shepherd the september 11th gi bill through the senate. his serve and the defense policy board of the pentagon as co-chairman of the president's intelligence advisory board, not to mention all the things that have been said about his service in vietnam and his heroism as an enlisted man. so i think -- i understand that people disagree with his position on certain...
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so we look at the u.s.-mexico border, exhibit eight about a control borders to secure the border first before we can move it all forward and immigration reform. it shows a gross disregard to the ignorance of history. after all, america's borders are far more secure, far more surveilled, monitored, policed and so on, especially the u.s.-mexico border. it's an old story. as much as they focus on the border, we can look back to show the u.s. canada border play just as important if not more important in illicit trade over the decades. as i mentioned, the war of 1812 and password to prohibition. today's treatments are crossing was just as much of a smuggling superhighway as far as impasto is today. back then there is a lot of finger pointing north. in fact, it was almost official to tax the tree so they could facilitate the moving of alcohol across the river, pretending they were going to cuba and signing paperwork, looking the other way. i've taken my time in a shared. i let my colleagues let me know how much t
so we look at the u.s.-mexico border, exhibit eight about a control borders to secure the border first before we can move it all forward and immigration reform. it shows a gross disregard to the ignorance of history. after all, america's borders are far more secure, far more surveilled, monitored, policed and so on, especially the u.s.-mexico border. it's an old story. as much as they focus on the border, we can look back to show the u.s. canada border play just as important if not more...
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so a chance we had to improve the u.s. and iranian relationship was really undermined with that speech, and we've been going over this past ten years and in 2002 you get the iraq war, one of the two american war the united states failed to engage in in the past decade. obama unfortunately comes in with very little background in foreign policy never paid attention to it, served in washington for two years and was a into a sestak supporter but those that new national security could be a problem when he appointed the secretary of state for domestic reasons the secretary of defense for domestic reasons and appointed a retired marine general to be the national security adviser he lasted a lot a year but leon panetta and i know he's one of your neighbors in california she was captured by the operation mentality of the cia before he'd been in the building more than a month this was a national security team obama also was by the military that's how you got the surge of the forces i think he realizes he had by the military and that
so a chance we had to improve the u.s. and iranian relationship was really undermined with that speech, and we've been going over this past ten years and in 2002 you get the iraq war, one of the two american war the united states failed to engage in in the past decade. obama unfortunately comes in with very little background in foreign policy never paid attention to it, served in washington for two years and was a into a sestak supporter but those that new national security could be a problem...
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. >> fred kaplan talks about how general portrays and his advisers transformed the u.s. military to fight future small wars against insurgents and terrorists. watch him for them for the next hour here on booktv. [applause] >> thank you. thanks for coming out. i write a column called war stories. the word wars in the subtitle of my luck but if you have read any of my things you will know i really don't write about the war. i don't write battle scenes. i am not one of these reporters who just aches to get back into some more theme where i can get shot at. i do admire those who do but it's just not what i do. what i'm interested in doing is policy and ideas and where do these ideas come from? they don't just drop from the sky. they usually do not automatically appeal to everybody as a matter of logic. where did the ideas come from? who were the people and there were a lot of comp eating ideas. how did this particular set of ideas get transferred? was there resistance? how was the resistance overcome? it usually isn't just one person. it's a community of people. ho
. >> fred kaplan talks about how general portrays and his advisers transformed the u.s. military to fight future small wars against insurgents and terrorists. watch him for them for the next hour here on booktv. [applause] >> thank you. thanks for coming out. i write a column called war stories. the word wars in the subtitle of my luck but if you have read any of my things you will know i really don't write about the war. i don't write battle scenes. i am not one of these...
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two people another lawyer -- u.s. for the scout sisters are people remember that case last year. superman had basically assert this incredibly long prison sentence is for tiny drug churches. so the older man lawyer on the case. so he tells me to really interesting stories. the first is africa is started and it's right around the kind of issue of reparation. part of that group then breaks off and comes down to mississippi to set up the black nation. needless to say the fbi does not like they been so thursday surveilled and then this kind of a rate of fire and there's a shootout between the police and the rna and 11 members are arrested and paraded through jackson half and one of the neighbors call us back to detroit and says this is happening. one of the members, so then cause conyers on faith and to get contraceptives to intercede and try to protect for these people don't just get killed because there's been a shootout of an officer. two had been shot and it's rosa parks who basically did on the phone calls until she gets an assurance in that weird way recite their not being hurt
two people another lawyer -- u.s. for the scout sisters are people remember that case last year. superman had basically assert this incredibly long prison sentence is for tiny drug churches. so the older man lawyer on the case. so he tells me to really interesting stories. the first is africa is started and it's right around the kind of issue of reparation. part of that group then breaks off and comes down to mississippi to set up the black nation. needless to say the fbi does not like they...
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the u.s. patent office issued patent number 46,454. i will give you a pop quiz. it was simply labeled john deere plow. but the implement sketched out on the page could just as easily been labeled, as some historians have named it, one of the most important inventions in american history. they called it the plow that broke the plains, and it did. by replacing cast-iron with smooth steel, john deere's innovation opened up huge new swaths of land for cultivation. it made it possible for towns like aberdeen south dakota my hometown to exist. before it killing and maker took a grown man a full 24 hours. after it, it took as little as five. and every pile of soil overturned upended another assumption about what the land could produce. that, to my mind, has been the story, not just of agricultural success, but of national success. and, indeed, of global progress. this kind of game changing innovation has enabled us to leap ahead, to break the points, to increase harvest, and to frankly, feed the whol
the u.s. patent office issued patent number 46,454. i will give you a pop quiz. it was simply labeled john deere plow. but the implement sketched out on the page could just as easily been labeled, as some historians have named it, one of the most important inventions in american history. they called it the plow that broke the plains, and it did. by replacing cast-iron with smooth steel, john deere's innovation opened up huge new swaths of land for cultivation. it made it possible for towns like...
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it therefore must be central to u.s. foreign-policy. one of the first things i did as secretary was to elevate the office of global women's issues and the first ambassador at large. i'm very pleased that yesterday the president signed a memorandum making that office permanent. in the past four years we have made -- [applause] thank you. in the past four years we have made a major push at the united nations to integrate women incorporated key security building worldwide and we have seen successes in places like liberia. we have urged leaders of egypt tunisia and libya to recognize women as equal citizens with important contributions to make. we are supporting women entrepreneurs around the world and it would creating jobs in driving growth. said technology, development, human rights and women. i know that a lot of pundits are that list and they say isn't that all soft? what about the hard stuff? will, that is a false choice. we need both. and no one should think otherwise. i will be the first to stand up and proclaim loudly and clearly t
it therefore must be central to u.s. foreign-policy. one of the first things i did as secretary was to elevate the office of global women's issues and the first ambassador at large. i'm very pleased that yesterday the president signed a memorandum making that office permanent. in the past four years we have made -- [applause] thank you. in the past four years we have made a major push at the united nations to integrate women incorporated key security building worldwide and we have seen...
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the u.s. supreme court upheld life sentences for first-time drug offenders against an eighth amendment challenge that such sentences were cruel and unusual in the u.s. supreme court said no, no, it is not cruel and unusual to sentence a young man to life imprisonment for a first-time drug offenders, even though virtually no other country in the world does such a thing. we have to end this idea that the criminals are them and not us. we need to instead say all of us have made mistakes in our lives. we have taken wrong turns. but only some of us have been required to pay for those mistakes for the rest of our lives. president barack obama has admitted to more than a little bit of drug use in his lifetime. he has admitted using marijuana and cocaine in his youth. if he hadn't been raised by white grandparents in hawaii, if he hadn't done much of his illegal drug use on predominantly white college campuses and universities, if he had been raised in the hood, the odds are good that he would have be
the u.s. supreme court upheld life sentences for first-time drug offenders against an eighth amendment challenge that such sentences were cruel and unusual in the u.s. supreme court said no, no, it is not cruel and unusual to sentence a young man to life imprisonment for a first-time drug offenders, even though virtually no other country in the world does such a thing. we have to end this idea that the criminals are them and not us. we need to instead say all of us have made mistakes in our...
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she is an early and is the first opponent of u.s. involvement in vietnam. she takes part in the jeannette rankin brigade, hums with the winter soldiers hearing. she opposes apartheid and in the 1980s will join tickets outside the south african embassy against the apartheid in u.s. complicity in helping to prop up the south african government. eight days after 9/11 she joins it danny glover, and a number of activists who call for justice, not vengeance to decry any move toward and insist that the united states would work within international law and the international community to bring justice. so where do we go from here? on the anniversary last month, president obama treated a picture of himself in the rosa parks bus in the classic pose. next week the post office will issue a stamp. she is a son of my colleagues put it, the american version of a national thing. but her legacy asks much more of us than a stanford statue. and if we are going to claim her legacy as president obama did last month, we must realize that it asks of us. rosa parks courage has the
she is an early and is the first opponent of u.s. involvement in vietnam. she takes part in the jeannette rankin brigade, hums with the winter soldiers hearing. she opposes apartheid and in the 1980s will join tickets outside the south african embassy against the apartheid in u.s. complicity in helping to prop up the south african government. eight days after 9/11 she joins it danny glover, and a number of activists who call for justice, not vengeance to decry any move toward and insist that...
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if you look at u.s. manufacturing, capital stock which is a reflection of basically how many machines, including 3-d printers, machines defined -- defined broadly, pretty much that used to grow every decade in america on the order of 25-55% a decade. our technology stock in manufacturing was doubled it in the 2000s it was zero essentially. which has never again happen in our history. the u.s. companies were not investing in automation initiatives. and secondly, we have this in her recent book, if you look at the share of corporate r&d as applied, excuse because basic, applied in development, we are the only industrial nation where the share of the corporate share in basic and applied to shrink in the last decade. every other country is expand their basic and applied for u.s. companies to the opposite. they expanded their development although that is flattened and their shrank. largely that's really, really risky, and shareholders are saying we really don't care about returned. and seven years we want ret
if you look at u.s. manufacturing, capital stock which is a reflection of basically how many machines, including 3-d printers, machines defined -- defined broadly, pretty much that used to grow every decade in america on the order of 25-55% a decade. our technology stock in manufacturing was doubled it in the 2000s it was zero essentially. which has never again happen in our history. the u.s. companies were not investing in automation initiatives. and secondly, we have this in her recent book,...
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the suit was filed in u.s. district court for the southern district of new york. and the finalists have been announced for the 303rd los angeles times book prizes. broken into ten categories, including a biography, current interest, fixing
the suit was filed in u.s. district court for the southern district of new york. and the finalists have been announced for the 303rd los angeles times book prizes. broken into ten categories, including a biography, current interest, fixing
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the u.s. and what the u.s. government's role has been in insuring that they come into this country, all right? and this evening we are pleased to be joined by two drug policy experts as well. its fellow sanho tree and colette that youngers. and without further ado, i want to hand it over to the panel. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much foring out here. -- for coming out here. i'm really excited. i just came in from new york. it's great to be here. i'm going to start off by talking about my book, and then we're going to go into a little bit about which focus is on coca and coca policy and then we'll get into how that's relevant especially this week and what's going on at the u.n. and the history of the tree that, basically, prohibits coca around the world. my book actually started out as a children's book. um, it started out as a follow-up to a children's book i did about marijuana back in 2004-2005. it wasn't a book about teaching kids how to smoke wield, but it was rather an education
the u.s. and what the u.s. government's role has been in insuring that they come into this country, all right? and this evening we are pleased to be joined by two drug policy experts as well. its fellow sanho tree and colette that youngers. and without further ado, i want to hand it over to the panel. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much foring out here. -- for coming out here. i'm really excited. i just came in from new york. it's great to be here. i'm going to start off by talking...
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how many u.s. troops see what you're? he says i'm not worried about u.s. troops. i want u.s. business. and i want you to be here making money. i said that's interesting. he said if you're making money love interest in our stability. will be good for you and for us. the fear is that lamott, don't make anything we need, so we won't care. pakistan actually has many same feelings. people say pakistan wants us out of the reason i'm trent region. they want us to be consistent and stay there. they're afraid we will come in and pull out and up and things and cause issues. the >> i am a vietnam veteran and i've been in the peace movement for the last 30 years. i was also in iraq in december december 04 and try to get in the parking lot at the abu ghraib present and of course they would not let a sane. my question is kind of the elephant in the room. i see our current military is dealing with the american people, who of course pay their way is dealing meant to disturb modes, one secrecy in one public relations. nicu is a master of one leg in each of those. you of course are one star pr
how many u.s. troops see what you're? he says i'm not worried about u.s. troops. i want u.s. business. and i want you to be here making money. i said that's interesting. he said if you're making money love interest in our stability. will be good for you and for us. the fear is that lamott, don't make anything we need, so we won't care. pakistan actually has many same feelings. people say pakistan wants us out of the reason i'm trent region. they want us to be consistent and stay there. they're...
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our elected leaders do not find the courage to reform the economy and government spending soon, the u.s. could find itself in the same terrible economic situation as many european countries do today. this is just over an hour. >> coming to speak at the heritage foundation today it is a great privilege to be here. i've always been a great admirer of heritage and the council in many cases the friendship of many people at heritage for a long time. i admire your the way that heritage works across the policy areas so that you really do here and the integrated message not least among which i think is the attention of the heritage foundation to the power of culture by which i mean the believes, ideas, habits, expectations and the ways that these achieve some form of institutional what the exception this issue of the culture and how it relates to the economy is at the heart of my book because at one level becoming europe is what has happened to europe and why it is now regarded as the sick man of the global economy. but the book is also about how some of these cultural and economic trends are s
our elected leaders do not find the courage to reform the economy and government spending soon, the u.s. could find itself in the same terrible economic situation as many european countries do today. this is just over an hour. >> coming to speak at the heritage foundation today it is a great privilege to be here. i've always been a great admirer of heritage and the council in many cases the friendship of many people at heritage for a long time. i admire your the way that heritage works...
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when the u.s. topographical corps sent an expedition to explore the west, they needed a guide, and fremont realized he's mountain men knew the west bert than anyone. so he hired kit carson as a guide, and carson acquitted him very well on these expeditions. he saved many people's lives and kept expedition on track and so he became in fremont's reports, which became best-selling books, carson becomes kind of a hero in these stories. but no one could seem to find this guy because he was living in new mexico and was never coming back east. so he was kind of this mythic character that people wanted to know a little bit more about. and so when the blood and thunder books became more and more famous and more and more popular, kit carson was often the central character in these stories. these authors back east who wrote these terrible stories -- i would dare you to read them. they're not good. but in terms of literature. but these authors never really made any attempt to understand who the real kit carson
when the u.s. topographical corps sent an expedition to explore the west, they needed a guide, and fremont realized he's mountain men knew the west bert than anyone. so he hired kit carson as a guide, and carson acquitted him very well on these expeditions. he saved many people's lives and kept expedition on track and so he became in fremont's reports, which became best-selling books, carson becomes kind of a hero in these stories. but no one could seem to find this guy because he was living in...
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he fights -- invites everybody can find u.s. written anything remotely interesting about the subject of counterinsurgency warfare. he comes up about 30 people. and they all assemble in basin harbor for five days to discuss these things. the pivotal thing about this meeting is not so much what they discussed but that they meant. once these people did not know each other before. they did not know of one another's existence. they thought they were out on land, you know, on a daring and just trying stephanotis going to read that was weigh against what was going on in the mainstream army. a lot of these people were junior officers, some of them are mid-level officials within tintypes. and they realized, they formed a community and might be able to do something if they work together. so they come away from basin harbor with a great sense of mission. meanwhile, patraeus, sitting in -- meanwhile, petreaus sitting in leavenworth demean as these people at this conference. summer students our colleagues are people who had been under his co
he fights -- invites everybody can find u.s. written anything remotely interesting about the subject of counterinsurgency warfare. he comes up about 30 people. and they all assemble in basin harbor for five days to discuss these things. the pivotal thing about this meeting is not so much what they discussed but that they meant. once these people did not know each other before. they did not know of one another's existence. they thought they were out on land, you know, on a daring and just trying...
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churchill took u.s. ambassador harriman with him to show the allies were united in this important strategic decision. after a full day of meetings stalin invited churchill to the kremlin for a good buy dinner and what a dinner that was. as the two men and their interpreters serving themselves, no service in the kremlin, a full banquet, enough for 30 people, topped off with a pig's head. stalin opened his penknife, cleaned out the head, scraped out a piece of meat which he offered to churchill on the end of his knife. churchill polite refused, not able to show his discussed to his new allies but commenting later to his doctor that the food was filthy. that is a quote. no matter, church about what he wanted and stalin agreed to the strategy. let me spend a few minutes on what i mean when i say churchill at attention to detail was stunning. redesigned a table at his country home chart well, it was to be round, six feet in diameter, told his wife to order shares with arms to allow for relaxation, to ease the
churchill took u.s. ambassador harriman with him to show the allies were united in this important strategic decision. after a full day of meetings stalin invited churchill to the kremlin for a good buy dinner and what a dinner that was. as the two men and their interpreters serving themselves, no service in the kremlin, a full banquet, enough for 30 people, topped off with a pig's head. stalin opened his penknife, cleaned out the head, scraped out a piece of meat which he offered to churchill...
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attorney's office in the country if others are here from other u.s. attorneys offices, we apologize for her superiority. [laughter] , down. i am a leader sam sali get that all the time. she joins the faculty at ohio state university in 1995 and was awarded tenure in 1999 and promoted to full professor in 2002. her primary search focuses on the area of the criminal law procedure and she is published widely in overall ayittey of journalists and places where her ideas about critical, legal and social matters have certainly been expressed. so i'm going to have the professor davies come to the podium and share with us for about 12 or so minutes about her ideas about our topic today. she will lay the groundwork on the bias and the implicit racism so that legislators and the rest of us can better understand how it manifests itself in the racism and the systemic discrimination that we've been talking about already and help people can act against their conscience principles and values. you think you are doing one thing clean and clear and the individual attrib
attorney's office in the country if others are here from other u.s. attorneys offices, we apologize for her superiority. [laughter] , down. i am a leader sam sali get that all the time. she joins the faculty at ohio state university in 1995 and was awarded tenure in 1999 and promoted to full professor in 2002. her primary search focuses on the area of the criminal law procedure and she is published widely in overall ayittey of journalists and places where her ideas about critical, legal and...
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had to do with the u.s. and iranian relationship that was undermined with the speech we've been going to and fro over this was 2003 and the iraq war one of the two on winnable wars to ring gauge in the past decade. obama unfortunately comes in with very little background of foreign policy, never paid much attention, served in washington only two years. i was a very enthusiastic supporter of obama and remain but we new national security could be a problem. and appointed as secretary of state and secretary of defense and a retired marine general for domestic reasons and he lasted one year and putting in leon panetta and know he is your neighbor in california but captured by the mentality of the cia. this was an extremely weak national security team. obama also was ruled by the military that is how you got the surge of forces. i think he realizes he was had and that is important and why i am optimistic about the second term this is a wiser man with foreign policy but he has ended the war in iraq meandering to e
had to do with the u.s. and iranian relationship that was undermined with the speech we've been going to and fro over this was 2003 and the iraq war one of the two on winnable wars to ring gauge in the past decade. obama unfortunately comes in with very little background of foreign policy, never paid much attention, served in washington only two years. i was a very enthusiastic supporter of obama and remain but we new national security could be a problem. and appointed as secretary of state and...
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what to expect when no one's expecting america's economic disaster" he discusses the implosion in the u.s. and its impact on the economy, culture and politics. this program last summer out in our -- lasts about an hour. >> host: welcome. there is a lot going on here and the main thesis is following the birth rate problem and what are the causes and consequences. along the way you touch on many topics including the rise of individualism in american life, the sustainability of social welfare programs, religion and population aging and we get to all of those in the next hour but first why don't you answer for me the question that every reporter is asked by his or her editor when that per approaches the idea why does this matter, why is it important? >> guest: it's important because the demographics are what my friend it's like the tectonic plates shifting beneath the earth and demography isn't quite destiny which is the oelwein sogegian know what the profile is than you are able to today what are the confines and the reality in this country. people are choosing to have fewer and fewer childr
what to expect when no one's expecting america's economic disaster" he discusses the implosion in the u.s. and its impact on the economy, culture and politics. this program last summer out in our -- lasts about an hour. >> host: welcome. there is a lot going on here and the main thesis is following the birth rate problem and what are the causes and consequences. along the way you touch on many topics including the rise of individualism in american life, the sustainability of social...
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u.s. government's role has been in ensuring that they come into this country. this evening, we are pleased to be joined by two drug policy experts as well. without further ado, i would like to hand it over to the panel. [applause] >> thank you so much for coming out here. i am so excited. it is great to be here in new york. i'm going to start off by talking about my book, and then we will go into what focuses this week and what is going on with the u.n. that basically prohibits this around the world. back in 2004 and 2005, i did a book about marijuana. it wasn't about how to smoke weed, but an educational book about how they might talk to their kids about a difficult subject. so that is why the format is kind of like an illustrated picture book. as i started looking into there are families that are involved in the policy to eradicate coca, as well as family and social economic issues. the history of coca, especially with the relationships of cocaine and the coca-cola company, and the drug
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lieutenant -- luther, u.s. army. with the fiscal cliff looming and the strategic pivot to the pacific, do you think it's wise to significantly cut our ground forces considering insurgency, counterinsurgency is incredibly manpower intensive, a la that's why we need the surge. we're already cutting significantly, we're looking at 80,000 in the army, some in the marine corps, and if we go over the fiscal cliff, some have suggested outside of government an additional 25% to both the army and the marine corps. do you think that is wise? and the second part to this question is do you think we need a more robust advisory capability in the army and the marines beyond what special forces does by, with and through in their counterinsurgency approaches? >> okay. that's a good question. first, i think there are things that you could cut in the defense budget that wouldn't have much effect. example, we're spending $20 billion a year modernizing and maintaining the nuclear weapons force. you know, i think you could cut that signif
lieutenant -- luther, u.s. army. with the fiscal cliff looming and the strategic pivot to the pacific, do you think it's wise to significantly cut our ground forces considering insurgency, counterinsurgency is incredibly manpower intensive, a la that's why we need the surge. we're already cutting significantly, we're looking at 80,000 in the army, some in the marine corps, and if we go over the fiscal cliff, some have suggested outside of government an additional 25% to both the army and the...
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the fiscal outlook, which the u.s. army faces in fiscal year 13 is dire and to my knowledge unprecedented. in addition to the 170 billion in cuts to the army that it could budget control act of 2011, the combination of the continuing resolution, a shortfall -- excuse me, a shortfall in overseas contingency operation funds for afghanistan in the sequester in fiscal year 2013 has resulted in a 17, $18 billion shortfall to the operation and maintenance accounts. as well as an additional $6 cut to other programs. all of this will come in the remaining seven months of this year. the fiscal year at her teen fiscal situation was grave and immediate readiness impacts on all fours is not serving in an order for and korea. the impacts which will have a significant impact willing to fiscal year 14 and beyond. just a few actions will be forced to take will curtail training from 80% of ground forces. this loan type the basic war fighting skills and shortfalls across critical specialties, including aviation, intelligence, engineerin
the fiscal outlook, which the u.s. army faces in fiscal year 13 is dire and to my knowledge unprecedented. in addition to the 170 billion in cuts to the army that it could budget control act of 2011, the combination of the continuing resolution, a shortfall -- excuse me, a shortfall in overseas contingency operation funds for afghanistan in the sequester in fiscal year 2013 has resulted in a 17, $18 billion shortfall to the operation and maintenance accounts. as well as an additional $6 cut to...
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central command and general david rodriguez u.s. army to be nominated to be commander of the u.s. africa command. these two combatant commands centcom and africom are the centers of gravity for our military's operations to counter the threat of terrorism. oath nominees have served our country with distinction and i want to thank each of you for your decades of military service and your willingness to serve once again. i understand that general austin 's wife charlene and general rodriguez' wife jen air with us this morning and i want to a knowledge them and thank them for their sacrifices, their support to our nominees throughout the years which is so essential to the success of our nominees and as is the committee's tradition are nominees are invited to introduce any family members or friends who may be with them this morning with their opening remarks. if confirmed general austin will assume command of centcom during it critical transition. not for military operations in afghanistan. in the coming months afghan forces will assume the lead responsibility for providing security th
central command and general david rodriguez u.s. army to be nominated to be commander of the u.s. africa command. these two combatant commands centcom and africom are the centers of gravity for our military's operations to counter the threat of terrorism. oath nominees have served our country with distinction and i want to thank each of you for your decades of military service and your willingness to serve once again. i understand that general austin 's wife charlene and general rodriguez' wife...
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u.s. consulate in benghazi, libarch that killed ambassador stevens and three other americans. the pentagon never received the request from the state academy for security, and did not have the resources to get support on the ground in time to thwart the attackers. leon panetta is stepping down. this hearing is four hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everybody. today the committee welcomes secretary of defense, leon panetta, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. to testify about the department of defense's response the deadly terrorist attack on the u.s. temporary mission facility in benghazi, libya, last year. and the findings of its internal review following that attack, including lessons learned from benghazi. we will be receiving testimony next tuesday morning on the impact of sequestration and/or a full-year continuing resolution on the department of defense witnesses. there will be department secre
u.s. consulate in benghazi, libarch that killed ambassador stevens and three other americans. the pentagon never received the request from the state academy for security, and did not have the resources to get support on the ground in time to thwart the attackers. leon panetta is stepping down. this hearing is four hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everybody. today the committee welcomes secretary of defense, leon panetta, and the...
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it's also a close u.s. ally, home to the u.s. fleet and located in yet another difficult neighborhood bordering iran just across the straits. bahrain has been a generous host to our fifth fleet, and anyone who has had a look at the map or followed tensions with iran knows the importance of such a naval force in this part of the world. these dedicated sailors help keep shipping lanes open and ensure that iran does not threaten its neighbors or u.s. interests. their presence alone is likely to make iran think twice about reckless moves in the persian gulf. let me say a word about the navy. i guess i'm partial because my two brothers, my late brothers both served in the navy during the korean war, so when i get a chance to go aboard ships, i visualize my older brothers and what life must have been like in those days. when i went out with admiral john miller to visit some of the ships of the fleet, i met some of the finest young men and women you could ever ask for. most of them had been trained in illinois at the great lakes naval t
it's also a close u.s. ally, home to the u.s. fleet and located in yet another difficult neighborhood bordering iran just across the straits. bahrain has been a generous host to our fifth fleet, and anyone who has had a look at the map or followed tensions with iran knows the importance of such a naval force in this part of the world. these dedicated sailors help keep shipping lanes open and ensure that iran does not threaten its neighbors or u.s. interests. their presence alone is likely to...
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make no mistake the u.s. military will take all necessary steps in nader's security commitment to the republic of korea and to our regional allies. i was pleased yesterday the u.n. security council condemned north korea's actions. this is a strong first step as we work to increase the pressure on the regime with the sanctions and new steps that we hope to take with regards to our presence in that area. turning next to the state of the union address, i was very pleased that the president made clear that the lemming budgetary cuts could really jeopardize military readiness and as you know, my deputy, ash carter and joint chiefs of staff have been on the this week making a very strong case for why we need to resolve the second south of the decreases. average again strongly urge the congress to heed these warnings. as i said last week, this is not a game. this is reality. the fact is that even as i speak, people are being hurt. people are being hurt by the vegan uncertainty that this country is now living under.
make no mistake the u.s. military will take all necessary steps in nader's security commitment to the republic of korea and to our regional allies. i was pleased yesterday the u.n. security council condemned north korea's actions. this is a strong first step as we work to increase the pressure on the regime with the sanctions and new steps that we hope to take with regards to our presence in that area. turning next to the state of the union address, i was very pleased that the president made...
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what about in the u.s. where there is a lot of interest now and overhauling our immigration policies and possible legalization of some folks who are already here. what is that going to do or what could it do or not to? >> guest: immigration is one of the variables where it's important direct nice that there are costs. even if you think in the balance it's a good thing. from purely demographic, straight demographic perspective immigration has been very good for america. and without it, without the immigration we have had over the last 30 years we would be where here at this right now. >> host: part of it is higher birthrate and more children. >> guest: we have 36 million foreign people living in america right now to give you some sense. their 4 million verse a year in american that is a decade worth of children. it's almost a decade's worth of warm bodies added to our profile that we did not make the old-fashioned way and that is good. without those people as they said we would look a lot like europe right n
what about in the u.s. where there is a lot of interest now and overhauling our immigration policies and possible legalization of some folks who are already here. what is that going to do or what could it do or not to? >> guest: immigration is one of the variables where it's important direct nice that there are costs. even if you think in the balance it's a good thing. from purely demographic, straight demographic perspective immigration has been very good for america. and without it,...
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in 2003, the u.s. department of transportation initiated a study of climate risks to gulf coast transportation and it's now cooperating in that study with the south alabama regional planning commission. the bureau of land management and the u.s. forest service are developing a drought vulnerability model a carbon storage map and an alpine monitoring program to help land managers in southwestern colorado cope with the effects of a changing climate. the centers for disease control and prevention have a climate-ready states and cities initiative to help local health departments prepare for changes in health risks driven by climate change. e.p.a. partnered with new york city's department of environmental protection to develop a software tool that helps drinking water and waste water utility operators understand how climate change poses risks to their facilities. rhode island, i'm proud to say is one of many states that have formed a climate change commission. the commission is coordinating with federal off
in 2003, the u.s. department of transportation initiated a study of climate risks to gulf coast transportation and it's now cooperating in that study with the south alabama regional planning commission. the bureau of land management and the u.s. forest service are developing a drought vulnerability model a carbon storage map and an alpine monitoring program to help land managers in southwestern colorado cope with the effects of a changing climate. the centers for disease control and prevention...
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if you look at u.s. manufacturing capital stock, reflection of how many machines, and putting 3-d printers defined broadly by the dea pretty much use to grow every decade in america on the order of 25 to 55% a decade. so in two decades our technology stock in manufacturing the double. in the 2070 essentially. it should never again have been. u.s. companies from investing in automation machine. secondly, we have innovation economics and global advantage. if you look at the sheer corporate r&d's as basic, applied in development, with the only industrial nation for the corporate share shrink in the last decade. every other country expanded our u.s. come names to the office said in a shrink their basic and applied because that's really really risky shareholders say we really don't care but she returns in seven years. we want returns next year. the other component is we now have a 27 week is the most anemic tax code so the tax code does every word that. all the great work at m.i.t. actually nowhere near the l
if you look at u.s. manufacturing capital stock, reflection of how many machines, and putting 3-d printers defined broadly by the dea pretty much use to grow every decade in america on the order of 25 to 55% a decade. so in two decades our technology stock in manufacturing the double. in the 2070 essentially. it should never again have been. u.s. companies from investing in automation machine. secondly, we have innovation economics and global advantage. if you look at the sheer corporate...
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>> u.s. policy that seems like a good place to start rethink u.s. policy is clear to open the place up to deal with the longstanding ethnic disputes and we want to do business. the second is the most delicate. >> what can you do? >> has been sensitive they move quite nicely on their own with the first and third targets and this is the one that is the most uncomfortable. we try to find a subject matter to bring dialogue between the parties we settled on land mines because neither side likes landmines. plenty are out there. to of the most conflicted areas we work with both parties to locally bring them together around a subject of land mines. thinking and discussion will follow. >> host: can you give us thoughts on afghanistan with corruption or violence. are you involved? >> the largest operation was afghanistan but we have reduced it dramatically. had 30 and now we're at four. partially we thought the withdrawal, a debt transition was the largest issue and we should probably do our part to give out as well as we could so of people are working on the
>> u.s. policy that seems like a good place to start rethink u.s. policy is clear to open the place up to deal with the longstanding ethnic disputes and we want to do business. the second is the most delicate. >> what can you do? >> has been sensitive they move quite nicely on their own with the first and third targets and this is the one that is the most uncomfortable. we try to find a subject matter to bring dialogue between the parties we settled on land mines because...
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so we had to convince the u.s. treasury to support the imf. but he putting reforms, and he told the people, told the people of turkey, look, you have to take this austerity but we will lead you to growth, and he did. look where turkey is, after that. so i just used these three examples. one in the middle east, one in latin america, one in asia where they be able to do this. and this is an example of leadership to do what's necessary. i mean, n. korea, we've got this done in a couple of months, and four months later, they were raising -- $5 billion in international markets. because they just took a decision and went at it. >> a lot of the things you're talking about, the leadership, political leadership, timing, and the banking union, gave the banks back into lending and the fiscal pact in those components on that part. just as an aside, in talking about another country, russia. you know, russia desperately wants to reproduce itself to the rest of the world. and not in some of the main it has been. they get this opportunity with the g20 coming
so we had to convince the u.s. treasury to support the imf. but he putting reforms, and he told the people, told the people of turkey, look, you have to take this austerity but we will lead you to growth, and he did. look where turkey is, after that. so i just used these three examples. one in the middle east, one in latin america, one in asia where they be able to do this. and this is an example of leadership to do what's necessary. i mean, n. korea, we've got this done in a couple of months,...
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what about in the u.s.? you know, there's a lot of interest now in overhaul in the immigration policy. possible legalization of some folks who are already here. what is that going do or what could it do or not do? >> guest: immigration is one of the areas i think it's important to recognize there are costs even if you think on been in the balance is a good thing. from purely demographically from a straight demographic respect of immigration is very good for america. without it, without the immigration we've had over the last thirty years we would be where europe is. >> host: immigrants have higher birthrates and more children. >> guest: we have about 36 million foreign born people living in america right now. there are about 4 million births in a year in america. it's a decade's worth of children. you get what i'm saying. it's a decade wort of warm body adding to the population profile we didn't make the old fashioned way. without the people we would look like europe right now. that would be bad. the immigra
what about in the u.s.? you know, there's a lot of interest now in overhaul in the immigration policy. possible legalization of some folks who are already here. what is that going do or what could it do or not do? >> guest: immigration is one of the areas i think it's important to recognize there are costs even if you think on been in the balance is a good thing. from purely demographically from a straight demographic respect of immigration is very good for america. without it, without...
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churchill knew that the u.s. would be at war and wanted to ensure that america would not concentrate on fighting japan first instead of fighting hitler in europe. churchill decided to travel to washington to meet with roosevelt and move into the white house for three week. was this the beginning of a special relationship? perhaps. now the british had a formidable ally. when churchill lived with roosevelt in the white house sharing every meal -- but not breakfast chair agreed to establish a combined chiefs of staff. military staff from each of the services book forth with their counterparts. , all policies and strategies would be shared between the two countries. seems to me these dinners were immensely important. they set up the structure that would prosecute the war to a successful conclusion. it's agreed by almost everyone at the roosevelt white house that the cook, not chef in those days -- was the worst cook in history. menus included chipped beef on toast with mushrooms, boiled broccoli, bavarian cream pie,
churchill knew that the u.s. would be at war and wanted to ensure that america would not concentrate on fighting japan first instead of fighting hitler in europe. churchill decided to travel to washington to meet with roosevelt and move into the white house for three week. was this the beginning of a special relationship? perhaps. now the british had a formidable ally. when churchill lived with roosevelt in the white house sharing every meal -- but not breakfast chair agreed to establish a...
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the u.s., it is very diverse. when that provision was passed there was concern was and diverse enough. since then it has become very diverse and these are adding 55,000 visas that are getting 8 million applications each year randomly allocated by computerized lottery. that is a somewhat odd way to set priorities. the commission said we should set priorities and we should deliver on them and the diversity visa program fell then and i think we would say now that it doesn't rise to that level of priority compared to the other priorities. >> the time of the gentleman has expired and recognize the gentleman from idaho for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. i am excited that we are having this hearing. i think it's important to we modernize the immigration system. we agree we have a broken immigration system but we need to find a solution to the problems that we have by being fair. we need to be fair to the millions of americans that want to follow the rules law. we need to be fair to the mill
the u.s., it is very diverse. when that provision was passed there was concern was and diverse enough. since then it has become very diverse and these are adding 55,000 visas that are getting 8 million applications each year randomly allocated by computerized lottery. that is a somewhat odd way to set priorities. the commission said we should set priorities and we should deliver on them and the diversity visa program fell then and i think we would say now that it doesn't rise to that level of...